Florida Statute 741.07 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 741
MARRIAGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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F.S. 741.07

741.07 Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony.—

(1) All regularly ordained ministers of the gospel or elders in communion with some church, or other ordained clergy, and all judicial officers, including retired judicial officers, clerks of the circuit courts, and notaries public of this state may solemnize the rights of matrimonial contract, under the regulations prescribed by law. Nothing in this section shall make invalid a marriage which was solemnized by any member of the clergy, or as otherwise provided by law prior to July 1, 1978.

(2) Any marriage which may be had and solemnized among the people called “Quakers,” or “Friends,” in the manner and form used or practiced in their societies, according to their rites and ceremonies, shall be good and valid in law; and wherever the words “minister” and “elder” are used in this chapter, they shall be held to include all of the persons connected with the Society of Friends, or Quakers, who perform or have charge of the marriage ceremony according to their rites and ceremonies.

History.—s. 1, Nov. 2, 1829; s. 2, ch. 1127, 1861; RS 2056; GS 2575; RGS 3934; CGL 5853; s. 1, ch. 28104, 1953; s. 1, ch. 74-372; s. 1, ch. 78-15; s. 34, ch. 95-401.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 741.07

Level: Degree
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 741.07.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 741.07

Total Results: 8

Cooper v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-05-08

Citation: 89 So. 3d 979, 2012 WL 1596888, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 7190

Snippet: 95-2135, 97-1012, 98-1103, 00-3571, 03-765, 04-741, 07-713, 07-3192, and 12-1660. He has filed at least

Hall v. MAAL

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-03-30

Citation: 32 So. 3d 682, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 4142, 2010 WL 1212794

Snippet: judges, clerks of court, or notaries public. See § 741.07, Fla. Stat. (2002). After solemnization, the officiant

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2006-03-08

Snippet: substantially the following question: Does section 741.07(1), Florida Statutes, authorize a minister, clerk

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1992-09-03

Snippet: meaning of s. 741.07, F.S., and, therefore, may not solemnize a matrimonial contract. Section 741.07(1), F.S

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1991-09-18

Snippet: 11, Ch. 91-291, Laws of Florida. 2 And see, s. 741.07(1), F.S., which provides that notaries public of

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-09-13

Snippet: solemnize the rights of a matrimonial contract under s. 741.07(1), F.S.? In sum, I am of the following opinion:

Metropolitan Dade County v. Shelton

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-09-12

Citation: 375 So. 2d 32

Snippet: a license. Before any of the persons named in § 741.07 shall solemnize any marriage, he shall require

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1975-01-29

Snippet: matrimony. See s. 741.07, F.S. (1974 Supp.). "Before any of the persons named in s. 741.07 shall solemnize